I apologize for not being around in a long, long time! I was cooking on the back porch, going in and out of the house and not really paying much attention to the cooker (doesn't really matter what brand, this can happen on ANY pellet-fired device).
As said, I turned the cooker on and then went to do something else. Came back 30 minutes later and no fire. Well, I just turned it off then back on. Went back to the kitchen to finish something else. I had the back door open so my dog could go in and out. All of a sudden -- BOOM! -- smoke pouring out of the cooker, it blew the door open and a super nasty smell to the smoke. I pulled the plug and shut the door to get the flames extinguished. I did get the beef off!
Going back in time, I had a customer service call about exploding pellets that blew the board on a cooker. This customer hadn't put the fire out and it burned back into the hopper and melted the electronics. I didn't believe the pellets were the problem, but did help with the board replacement. Asked customer to return some pellets from the exploding ones and the pellets were just fine.
When this happened to me, I knew what caused it. Failed ignition and pellet pile up. After all, it was on and pushing pellets out for 30 minutes before I reset everything.
So, I learned a valuable lesson. Pay attention to your cooker, especially at start up. If there's a failure to ignite, clean out the pellets and start fresh without pellet buildup.
The beef was fine -- it had gotten a real good BLAST of smoke!
As said, I turned the cooker on and then went to do something else. Came back 30 minutes later and no fire. Well, I just turned it off then back on. Went back to the kitchen to finish something else. I had the back door open so my dog could go in and out. All of a sudden -- BOOM! -- smoke pouring out of the cooker, it blew the door open and a super nasty smell to the smoke. I pulled the plug and shut the door to get the flames extinguished. I did get the beef off!
Going back in time, I had a customer service call about exploding pellets that blew the board on a cooker. This customer hadn't put the fire out and it burned back into the hopper and melted the electronics. I didn't believe the pellets were the problem, but did help with the board replacement. Asked customer to return some pellets from the exploding ones and the pellets were just fine.
When this happened to me, I knew what caused it. Failed ignition and pellet pile up. After all, it was on and pushing pellets out for 30 minutes before I reset everything.
So, I learned a valuable lesson. Pay attention to your cooker, especially at start up. If there's a failure to ignite, clean out the pellets and start fresh without pellet buildup.
The beef was fine -- it had gotten a real good BLAST of smoke!
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